The Last of the Mohicans

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

A summer afternoon in

the Year of Grace 1757...

...- on a hilltop overlooking

the valley of the Hudson River.

Two tragic figures, remmants

of a once huge Indian tribe...

...Chief Great Serpent

and his son, Uncas.

"The pale faces are our friends.

Go to the Fort yonder...

...and tell them of the

danger that threatens."

FORT EDWARD:

One of the few English...

...outposts not yet attacked...

...by the invading armies of France.

Even in a wilderness,

gently-bred women...

...somehow maintain the grace

and dignity of life.

Cora Munro, a soldier's daughter

on a visit to Fort Edward.

Alice, her light-hearted sister...

...whom Cora has mothered

from childhood.

Captain Randolph,

more interested in...

...women than in warfare.

Major Heyward - in love

with capricious Alice.

The eternal spirit of youth,

joying while it may - heed-...

...less of the gathering storm.

"Do tell us a story,

General Webb."

"The Hurons are on the

warpath. They have drunk...

...the firewater of the French...

...and have listened to

lying tongues."

Her girlish fancy investing...

...the young Chief with a

halo of romance.

"Surely among his own

people he is a prince."

"You! - The daughter of

Colonel Munro! - ...

...Admiring a filthy savage!"

Two days' march from Fort

Edward - Colonel Munro,...

...father of the girls, stoutly

resisting the French assault...

...upon Fort William Henry.

"Three French divisions

under Montcalm...

...have crossed the lake!

Men - horses - guns!"

Magua - an Indian runner in

the service of the British.

"God grant my messenger

has reached Fort Edward - ...

...else I may never see my

daughters again!"

General Webb and his staff,

summoned to hear...

...the message of

Colonel Munro.

"Montcalm and his...

...Indian allies advancing...

...to attack Fort William...

...Henry. 3.000 men no lesscan...

...save us." MUNRO.

"A good opportunity to...

...rejoin your father. But you...

...need not ride all the way...

...with the troops, as the...

...Indian, Magua, knows a...

...short-cut through the forest."

Bedtime - with Alice unable

to sleep for excitement.

"There is nothing to fear -

we shall soon be with father."

Haunted by a premonition

of evil - a vague dread...

...which Cora's reassurance

fails to banish.

"Promise me - whatever

happens - ...

...you will never

desert me!"

Dawn

"Are you the guide?"

"Perhaps Captain Randolph...

...will aid Major Heyward in

protecting the ladies?"

"With your permission, sir,...

...I will ride with my men -

my duty lies with them."

The forest - and the

parting of ways.

A secret path, which only

Indian eyes can find.

"I'm David Gamut, a servant...

...of the Lord. Permit me to...

...ride with you to William...

...Henry whither I am going...

...to sing psalms for our...

...brave soldiers."

Hours later - drench and...

...discouraged in a

blinding rainstorm.

Storm-bound woodsmen -

Uncas, his father, and their...

...friend, Hawkeye, the scout.

"In which direction lies

Fort William Henry?...

...Our Indian guide has

lost his way!"

"An Indian lost in the woods?

Impossible! Were he blind,...

...he would nose the earth -...

...and every blade of grass

would tell the way!"

"He's gone!"

"I suspect the varmint

covets your scalps!

Come - these woods

are no longer safe!"

In a cave near Glenn's

Falls - a hiding place...

...known only to Hawkeye

and the Mohicans.

"Uncas watches."

The bond of a common danger

drawing together these two,

...so widely separated by

the mystery of birth.

Simple words of a

savage - yet revealing...

...depths of thought

and imagination.

"You will not be afraid?"

"Our last shot!

Don't waste it!"

A deed of mercy.

"What the Great Spirit

wills shall happen."

Within the cave, as minutes

pass - the growing...

...conviction that the

stratagem has succeeded.

"Magua does not kill his

prisoners - ...

...he tortures them."

Keen eyes have watched

the failure of the ruse.

An abandoned blockhouse.

"If you would save the

Yellow Hair,

consent to be my squaw!"

"No, No! Rather let us

die together!"

"'Tis but a short distance

to Fort William Henry

we shall be there

before sundown."

Arriving, after all, at the

same time as the troops.

Smarting under the rebuff,

Randolph...

...determines to have

it out with Cora.

Meekness, masking his

injured vanity.

Then a sudden burst

of pride and anger -

Munro's headquarters -

discussing...

...the critical

condition of the Fort.

"I know the guns on our...

...left rampart are useless -...

but Montcalm doesn't know it!

With God's help we yet...

...may save the day!"

"Is our condition really

so bad, Sir?"

"If Montcalm's Indians really

knew the truth, our scalps...

...would hang in their

wigwams before morning!"

The fear that grows in

the heart of a coward.

Within the enemy's lines -

the traitor.

Montcalm, Commander in

Chief of the armies of France.

Under a flag of truce,

Montcalm...

...summons Munro

to a conference.

"Colonel Munro, the fall of

your fortress is inevitable."

"I know the guns on your

left rampart are useless.

You would never be able

to resist my attack."

The very words which he

himself had spoken...

...concerning the condition

of the Fort.

"What about the women

and children?"

"They shall go unharmed."

The honor of Montcalm.

That night -to the everlasting..

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